Body Jewelry Size Help

Standard Body Piercing Sizes:
These are the standard sizes used for each piercing in body jewelry. Please note that we cannot guarantee that this is the size used for YOUR piercing. These are the standard gauges and lengths used by professional piercers. Everyone's body is different, and sometimes piercers will use different lengths and gauges depending on your body.

Piercing

Standard Gauge

Standard Length

Belly / Navel Ring

14G

7/16"

Nose Piercing

20G and 18G

5/16"

Tongue Piercing

14G

5/8"

Cartilage Piercing

16G

1/4" and 5/16"

Eyebrow Piercing

16G (14G is also commonly used)

5/16" and 3/8"

Industrial Barbell

14G

1 1/2"

Labret Lip Rings

14G (16G is also commonly used)

5/16", 3/8", or 7/16"

Monroe Piercing

16G

5/16" or 3/8"

Nipple Piercing

14G

1/2"

Tragus / Helix / Rook / Conch

16G

5/16"

Septum

14G

3/8", 7/16", 1/2", and 5/8"

Ear

20G and 18G

How to Measure Body Jewelry:
Please find a conversion charts below for those of you using the metric system.

Barbell Gauge Chart

Gauge

Inches

Millimeters

22G

.025"

0.64mm

20G

.032"

0.81mm

18G

.040"

1.0mm

16G

.050"

1.2mm

14G

.064"

1.6mm

12G

.082"

2.0mm

10G

.102"

2.5mm

8G

.125"

3.0mm

6G

.162"

4.0mm

4G

.204"

5.0mm

2G

.250"

6.0mm

0g

.312"

8.0mm

00g

.375"

10.0mm

Barbell Length & Diameter Chart

Inches

Millimeters

1/4"

6.4

5/16"

7.9

3/8"

9.5

7/16"

11

1/2"

13

9/16"

14.3

5/8"

16

3/4"

19

7/8"

22

15/16"

23.8

1"

25.4

1 1/2"

38

Measuring Lengths & Diameters of Piercing Jewelry

Captive Bead Rings

Captive Bead
Rings are measured from the largest inside diameter.

Captive Bead
Rings are also known as C.B.R.'s, B.C.R.'s & Ball Captive
Rings. They come in many variations, shapes, sizes, but the same
measuring rule applies. Always measure the largest inside
diameter of the circle.

We carry captives in a variety of gauges and lengths.

Barbells

Measure the
length of a barbell between the two balls along the length
of the bar, as shown in the diagram.

Curved barbells, also know as bent barbells, are
commonly used for belly button rings, nipple rings, and eyebrow
jewelry. Curved barbells are measured in a straight line from
the inner length between the two balls.

We carry
curved barbells in gauges 20G - 14G.

Nose
Rings

Nose Twists, also known as nose screws, are measured from the base of the ball / charm to the beginning
of the twist, as shown in the diagram. Measure nose bones to the
end of the shaft, before the beaded tip. Nose fishtails are measured
from the base of the ball / charm to the end of the barbell.

Standard
gauge for nose rings is 18 Gauge.We carry nose
rings in 18G-20G in many designs

Labrets

Labrets
/Lip Rings / Monroes are measured from the base of the ball to the top of the
flat disc. Standard size for labrets is 5/16".

We carry labrets in many different sizes and styles.

Plug Body Jewelry

An ear
plug length is measured from the inside edge of the horizontal line,
as shown in the diagram. The same measurement applies of earlets and ear
tunnels body jewelry.

Plugs are manufactured in many different materials, designs, and
variations.